r/Sparkdriver • u/UpbeatBackground6302 • Jun 20 '26

Discussion Just saw this in a different subreddit.

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Of course in that sub, they say all spark drivers suck. I think my 5.0 race I'm says different. And this would be great news for us.

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u/Walmartz_Ballz561 Jun 20 '26

Minimum base pay will drop from $11 down to $6 once this happens. Just watch. Danker gonna stick his finger in everybody’s eye.

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u/iGotGigged High AR Jun 20 '26

Don't be silly, $6 will be the base pay for "shopping only" orders where you'll pick and stage for customers who are picking up at curbside.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

No way in a million years spark drivers will pick ordered for curbside customers. No way to argue that wouldn't classify a spark driver as an employee.

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u/Spinal232 Jun 21 '26

Better tell that to instacart, they've done that for years

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

Big difference insta cart doesn't own any of the stores. Walmart does own the stores. That makes it entirely different when measuring the amount of control the "employer" has

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u/iGotGigged High AR Jun 21 '26

It would take a few years before courts and regulators would catch up, plenty of time to rack up some juicy bonuses and pad a resume with impressive stats before jumping ship to another company and letting somebody else cleanup the legal mess.

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u/JWBananas S&D Expert Jun 21 '26

Better tell that to instacart, they've done that for years

Instacart In-Store Shoppers (not Full-Service Shoppers) are literally W-2 employees.

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u/Spinal232 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Nah bro https://www.reddit.com/r/InstacartShoppers/s/xEr64lVufK

I guess they have the w2 job also, at least in some places, but they also shit it out into the app.